Wenger said: “You have decided I have to buy strikers. I’ve not decided. The squad we have, we have enough to be successful. Why not? Sanogo, Sanchez, Walcott, Podolski, Giroud. Campbell. Of course we can be successful.

“We buy when we have to strengthen the squad. We spend when we have to. It is harder to buy top top players because everyone is in the market and we all know each other.”

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When pushed on whether Arsenal are interested in Colombia striker Radamel Falcao, Wenger added: “Once again all negotiations have to be secret. If we sign anyone you will be informed.

“We live in a society of opinions. People are better informed today, many are informed better than me, it doesn’t mean they are right. All entitled to their opinion but it doesn’t mean it’s right.

“Many times in the past those opinions were wrong but no-one came back and said: ‘sorry I was wrong.’”